Progressive Reforms and Legislation

There was never the least attention paid to what was cut up for sausage; there would come all the way back from Europe old sausage that had been rejected, and that was mouldy and white—it would be dosed with borax and glycerine, and dumped into the hoppers, and made over again for home consumption.

 

—Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, 1906

What was the immediate response to the practices mentioned in this excerpt?

• Monopolies formed to control competition in the meat-processing industry.

• Meat packers developed refrigerated railroad cars to ship meant nationwide.

• Congress passed legislation to protect consumer health and safety

• Farmers demanded government regulation of livestock sales and distribution.

What were photographs such as this one taken by Lewis Hine primarily intended to accomplish?

• Encourage leaders to make segregation in schools illegal

• Document labor conditions during an economic crisis

• Depict the evils of capitalism in communist propaganda

• Focus attention on the need for child labor reforms

These achievements illustrate Ida B. Well's contributions as

• a religious leader

• an artist of the Harlem Renaissance

• a supporter of Prohibition

• an advocate of equality.

The major impact of Susan B. Anthony’s lifetime of social activism was —

• the founding of the National Woman Suffrage Association.

• the passage of the 15th Amendment.

• her image being chosen for the new dollar coin in 1979.

• the passage of the 19th Amendment.

Which of these was a major goal of Jane Addams’s Settlement House movement in Chicago?

• The founding of women's colleges

• The introduction of prison reform

• The assimilation of immigrants

• The establishment of public libraries

Which of the following is the most important impact of muckrakers?

• Muckrakers contributed to the popular literature of the early 20th century.

• Muckrakers made people aware of social and political problems.

• Muckrakers contributed to the rise of yellow journalism.

• Muckrakers produced personal journals that give modern readers an excellent picture of life in the early 20th century.

Journalist and social reformer Ida B. Wells was responsible for exposing the brutality associated with —

• lynching

• gambling

• child labor

• alcohol abuse

During Reconstruction the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments were ratified. Which issue did these amendments address?

• Rights for women

• Readmission of states to the Union

• Rights for former slaves

• Presidential impeachment proceedings

The writings of W. E. B. DuBois promoted the idea that —

• African Americans deserved racial equality immediately

• African Americans needed to organize as a political party

• African Americans must leave the country to obtain rights

• African Americans should seek to gradually gain civil rights

What was the purpose of the Pure Food and Drugs Act of 1906?

• To protect consumers by regulating the food and drug industry

• To lower the cost of essential foods and drugs for consumers

• To prevent shortages by regulating the supply of food and drugs

• To reduce production costs for food and drug manufacturers